Name	Mylo
Landscape	Yes
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Myles MacInnes
Born	May 10, 1978Broadford Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Genre	House
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, producer
Years active	2004 – present
Label	Breastfed Recordings
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Myles MacInnes (born 10 May 1978, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Scotland), better known by the stage name Mylo, is a Scottish electronic musician and record producer.

Career

He went the top private school, George Watson's College, in Morningside, Edinburgh. He attended the University of Edinburgh before graduating in philosophy, psychology and physiology from Brasenose College, Oxford, where he achieved a first class degree. He subsequently gave up studying for a philosophy Ph.D at UCLA to return home and produce music. Mylo released his debut album, Destroy Rock & Roll in 2004, on the Breastfed Recordings label, which he co-owns. Mylo produced the album on a computer in his own bedroom.

He has provided remixes for Scissor Sisters ("Mary"), Amy Winehouse ("Fuck Me Pumps"), The Knife ("You Take My Breath Away") and The Killers ("Somebody Told Me"). One of his works was a 2004 remix of Kylie Minogue's #2 UK hit, "I Believe in You", which appeared on the single that peaked at #3 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. His biggest chart success to date came in the autumn of 2005. This was when the single "Doctor Pressure", a mash-up of his own song "Drop The Pressure" and Miami Sound Machine's "Dr. Beat", peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The single performed well in the U.S., especially on the Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts, where it jointly made the Top 10.

"Muscle Car", the follow-up single to "Doctor Pressure", was a hit in the UK and European dance charts, reaching #1 on the UK Club Chart in November 2005, and #38 in the UK Singles Chart. The video that accompanied the single courted controversy as it featured two supposed Chinese spies - actually played by British actors Bruce Wang and Alex Liang - inventing an electronic fly to spy on the American president, George W. Bush. Mylo did not appear in the video.

He contributed a song, "Mars Needs Women", to the War Child compilation album, , released in September 2005, and was also featured on the Canadian compilation album, MuchDance, released in November 2006. In 2006, the track "Otto's Journey" was used in a television commercial for Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing, which featured Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan at home improvising a salad out of green beans, blackberries, and potatoes.

In 2005, Mylo released his second album, which was a DJ mix titled Mylo's Rough Guide to Rave, and was released as a covermount CD in Mixmag.

BBC Radio 1 played a world exclusive of a track by Mylo on 23 January 2009. The title of the track is unconfirmed, however Radio 1 referred to it as 'I'm Back', because, as Annie Mac stated, "he (Mylo) sent it to us with the file titled I'm Back". The same month, he released another DJ mix album covermount in an issue of Mixmag, this time it was called The Return of Mylo, which contained his new song "Wings of Fire".

Discography

Albums

Destroy Rock & Roll (2004) #26 UK

Destroy Rock & Roll (re-release including "Doctor Pressure") (2005) #31 UK, #10 U.S. Top Electronic Albums

Mylo's Rough Guide to Rave (2005) Mix album free in Mixmag.

The Return of Mylo (2009) Mix album free in Mixmag.

Singles

Compilation appearances

Mylo tracks have appeared on the following compilation CDs:

References

External links

Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish electronic musicians Category:British dance musicians Category:People from Skye and Lochalsh Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Category:People associated with George Watson's College Category:Remixers

DJ Tocadisco is a German DJ and producer.

Biography

Tocadisco (Spanish for 'turntable') was born Roman Böer on 8 June 1974, and grew up in a small city near Cologne, Germany. He plays several instruments and played in different bands in his youth.

In 1996, Tocadisco's professional DJ career started at Düsseldorf's UNIQUE Club. With Tocadisco on the turntables, UNIQUE got voted "Best Club of the City" several times in PRINZ magazine. He has also played for fashion brands like G-Star Jeans and Diesel. In 2000, Tocadisco moved to Cologne and built himself a recording studio.

DJ Tocadisco has produced several remixes for different record labels. The most popular remix was for "Lifetimes" by Slam; the mix got voted one of the 12 Best Remixes in 2001 by the readers of the music magazine GROOVE. In October 2003, Tocadisco got signed to the German dance record label Superstar Records. His first single under his own name was called "Nobody (likes the records that I play)". In 2005 Tocadisco got voted by the readers of Raveline as one of the best newcomers in 2004.

In September 2006 Tocadisco remixed a track by Michael Cretu's project Enigma - Eppur Si Muove, from Enigma's album A Posteriori.

On 7 April 2007, Tocadisco appeared as the guest DJ on the second hour of Matt Darey's weekly Nocturnal radio show. In the first hour, Matt Darey also played Tocadisco's remix of Dyad 10's "Sugar, Honey (Sweet Thing)".

In 2007 he also remixed some tracks , that were included in Benny Benassi's compilation album such as Patt (Party All The Time), Keep Control, Dance is Dead.

In 2008 Tocadisco worked together with David Guetta.

In 2009 his second album, "128.0 FM", came out and he married a Brazilian model called Natasha Garcez , changing his name for Roman Böer de Garcez.

References

External links

Official Website

Official MySpace Page

Discogs: Tocadisco

Tocadisco Essential Mix

Category:German DJs Category:Living people Category:People from Cologne

Name	Moby
Background	solo_singer
Born	September 11, 1965Harlem, New York, U.S.
Birth name	Richard Melville Hall
Origin	Darien, Connecticut, U.S.
Instrument	TurntablesKeyboardsGuitarBass guitarVocalsDrums
Genre	Electronic dance musicElectronicaPop rockAmbient
Occupation	DJSinger-songwriterMusician
Years active	1982–present
Label	Mute Records (UK), V2 Records (US), XL Recordings (UK), Elektra (US), Instinct (US), Outer Rhythm (UK),
Associated acts	Vatican Commandos, UHF, Voodoo Child, Diamondsnake, Mylène Farmer
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Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), better known by his stage name Moby, is an American DJ, singer-songwriter, and musician.

Moby sings and plays keyboard, guitar, bass guitar and drums. He became a successful artist on the ambient electronica scene, and achieved eight top 40 singles in the UK during the 1990s. In 1999 he released the album Play, a mix of melancholic chill-out, ambient music, and upbeat electronica, that was critically acclaimed and produced an impressive eight hit singles (including his most popular songs "Porcelain", "Natural Blues" and "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"). Play became a commercial success, selling over 10 million copies worldwide (the best-selling electronica album ever) and with its eighteen songs receiving an unprecedented licensing in films, television and commercial advertisements.

His follow-up album, 18 (2002) was also successful, receiving positive to mixed response. His next offer, the mostly upbeat Hotel (2005) received lukewarm reviews and poor sales in general. Moby released his most recent albums, Last Night (2008) and Wait for Me (2009), finding good reviews and moderate sales. AllMusic considers Moby "one of the most important dance music figures of the early '90s, helping bring the music to a mainstream audience both in the UK and in America".

Early life and name

Hall was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, and raised by his mother in Darien, Connecticut.

According to Hall, his middle name and the nickname "Moby" were given to him by his parents because of an ancestral relationship to Moby Dick author Herman Melville: "The basis for Richard Melville Hall – and for Moby – is that supposedly Herman Melville was my great-great-great-granduncle."

He has released music under the names 'Voodoo Child', 'Schaumgummi', and as a member of the bands Vatican Commandos, AWOL, Caeli Seoul and Gin Train.

His first single for Instinct was "Mobility", but it was the second single, "Go", a progressive house track using the string line from "Laura Palmer's Theme" from the TV drama Twin Peaks, which was his first breakthrough, reaching the UK top ten in October 1991 and earning him his first appearance on Top of the Pops.

In July 2001 Moby: PlaytheDVD was released. Produced by Moby and Jeff Rogers (Swell) the DVD was nominated for a 2002 Grammy award. The DVD included various sections: "Live on TV", most of the videos (excluding Southside w/Gwen Stefani), "Give An Idiot a Camcorder" (Moby was given a camcorder and the tape was later edited by Tara Bethune-Leaman) and an 88 minute Moby MegaMix of all the remixes created for the album Play. The Mega Mix was accompanied by visuals created in Toronto at Crush led by director Kathi Prosser.

In 2002 Moby released the follow up to Play, 18, which earned gold and platinum awards in over 30 countries, and sold more than four million copies. Moby toured extensively for both Play and 18, playing well over 500 shows in the course of four years.

He founded the Area:One Festival in 2001, a popular touring festival that features an eclectic range of musical genres. The Area:One tour featured: Outkast, Moby, New Order, Incubus, Nelly Furtado, and Paul Oakenfold. Area2 tour (2002) featured David Bowie, Moby, Blue Man Group, Busta Rhymes, and Carl Cox.

In the next few years, Moby co-wrote "Is It Any Wonder" with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, remixed the Beastie Boys, David Bowie, Nas and Metallica, produced and co-wrote the track "Early Mornin'" for Britney Spears' fourth studio album In the Zone, and collaborated with Public Enemy on "Make Love, Fuck War", which was released prior to the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Moby also had his song "Extreme Ways" used in the Jason Bourne movies. Although not a hit when it was released, "Extreme Ways" has gone on to become one of Moby's most downloaded songs.

In 2003 Moby headlined the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury. In 2004 Moby worked on the John Kerry presidential campaign, and also worked extensively with liberal group moveon.org.

Hotel, Last Night and The Little Death (2005–2008)

In 2005 Moby released Hotel. Instead of his relying on samples for vocals, all of the vocals and instruments were performed live in the studio, by Moby and vocalist Laura Dawn.

Hotel spawned two of Moby's biggest European hits, "Lift Me Up" and "Slipping Away", both of which were #1 European singles. Hotel went on to earn gold and platinum awards in over twenty countries, with global sales of over two million copies.

In the UK, ITV used a specially remixed version of "Lift Me Up" as its Formula 1 coverage theme music.

In 2006, Moby also starred in the movie Pittsburgh, with Jeff Goldblum and Illeana Douglas.

In 2006, he accepted an offer to score the soundtrack for Richard Kelly's 2007 movie Southland Tales because he was a fan of Kelly's previous film, Donnie Darko.

In 2007 he produced and performed on The Bongos' remake of "The Bulrushes", for the special edition re-issue of their debut album, Drums Along The Hudson (Cooking Vinyl Records), and appeared in the promo video of the song.

In 2007 Moby launched a website entitled mobygratis.com. mobygratis provides free music for film students and independent and non-profit filmmakers. It is a non-profit venture, with any/all revenue earned by mobygratis.com going to the Humane Society/HSUS.

In 2007 Moby also started a rock band, The Little Death, NYC, with his friends Laura Dawn, Daron Murphy, and Aaron A. Brooks In 2008 Moby released Last Night, an eclectic album of electronic dance music inspired by a night out in his New York neighborhood (the Lower East Side). The singles from Last Night include "Alice", "Disco Lies", "I Love To Move In Here", and "Ooh Yeah". The album was recorded in Moby's home studio in Manhattan, New York and features a number of guest vocalists, including Wendy Starland, MC Grandmaster Caz, one of the writers of "Rapper's Delight" (on "I Love to Move in Here"), Sylvia from the band Kudu, British MC Aynzli and the Nigerian 419 Squad.

In collaboration with The Sunday Times, Moby released an exclusive mix album titled A Night in NYC which appeared on the newspaper's cover. It was a compilation of Moby tracks spanning his career and included video from his new album Last Night.

Wait for Me and a new album (2009–present)

In a November 2008 interview Moby spoke about the follow up album to Last Night. "I want to make a really emotional, beautiful record. I don't know if I will succeed, but my goal is to make something very personal, very melodic, very beautiful." On the 14th of April, Moby confirmed that the album would be released on the 30th of June . "I recorded the album here in my studio on the lower east side (although 'studio' always seems like an overly grand word for a bunch of equipment set up in a small bedroom). In the past I've worked in large and small studios, but for this record I wanted to record everything at home by myself", said Moby on his journal.

Moby and David Lynch discussed the recording process of the album on Lynch's online channel, David Lynch Foundation Television Beta.

The first single off the album is "Shot in the Back of the Head", and the video for which was aptly directed by Moby's muse, David Lynch himself.

Moby expects to raise between $75,000 and $100,000 to help those affected by domestic violence after all funding for the state's domestic violence program was cut in July. To do this he is to donate the profits from his upcoming shows in California (San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles).

Moby headlined the Australian 2009 Falls Festival, as well as the other Sunset Sounds festivals.

On February 22, 2010, Moby announced a UGC competition with Genero.TV asking his fans to create a videoclip, that will be serviced worldwide as the official videoclip for his upcoming single "Wait for Me", the last single from his album Wait for Me. On April 19, Moby chose the winning videoclip out of 500 entries, "based on it's creativity, production value, concept, and humor". The chosen videoclip, written and directed by Nimrod Shapira from Israel, portrays the story of a girl who decides to invite Moby into her life. She attempts to do so by using the "How to Summon Moby Guide for Dummies", putting herself through 10 bizarre and comical steps (each is a tribute to a different Moby videoclip). The single was released on May 4, 2010.

On 20 January 2010, Moby announced that he was to begin working on the next record. The mood for this record will be more acoustic and less electronic than before.

In March 2010, Moby announced that he will release a new single "Wait For Me", the title track from his original album, on May 4, 2010.

Collaborations

Moby has collaborated live with many of his heroes while on tour or at fundraisers. He has performed "Walk on the Wild Side" with Lou Reed, "Me and Bobby McGee" with Kris Kristofferson, "Heroes" and "Cactus" with David Bowie, "Helpless" with Bono and Michael Stipe, "New Dawn Fades" with New Order, "Make Love, Fuck War" with Public Enemy, "Whole Lotta Love" with Slash, and "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" with Mission Of Burma.

He made two duets with the French singer Mylène Farmer (the one "Slipping Away (Crier La vie) in 2006 and the other "Looking For My Name" in 2008). He also produced 7 songs for her 8th album Bleu Noir published on 6 December 2010

In 2007, he became one of the few well-known commercial artists to produce work for a video game, collaborating with DJ Oscar the Punk on all three tracks of The Bioshock EP, included with limited edition copies of the Xbox 360 and PC game Bioshock.

RIAA criticism

On June 20, 2009, Moby posted on his blog in response to the RIAA's decision to sue Minnesota suburban mom Jammie Thomas-Rasset for $2,000,000 for illegally downloading music from Kazaa. He called this "utter nonsense" and stated "the RIAA needs to be disbanded."

Personal life and faith

Until around June 2009, Moby co-owned a small restaurant and tea shop called TeaNY, where he occasionally waited tables. He also organized the Little Idiot Collective, a group of artists. Moby lives a vegan lifestyle and supports animal rights.

In an interview with Psychology Today, Moby stated that when he was 19, he tried LSD and began suffering from panic attacks. He claims that he no longer experiences them as frequently as he used to, but occasionally he will "have too much caffeine, be stressed out about work and be in a relationship that's not going well, and it will happen again." He is very open about this in an attempt to help fans who suffer from similar panic disorders.

When asked about drugs, he responded: "I'm sort of a libertarian. People should be able to do what they want. I ultimately defer the wisdom to an adult to make their own choices. If someone wants to do drugs, I think it's their own business and not the business of the state."

In a 2003 BBC interview, Moby spoke about his encounter with the Gospels, "In about 1985 I read the teachings of Christ and was instantly struck by the idea that Christ was somehow divine. When I say I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ I mean that in the most simple and naïve and subjective way. I'm not saying I'm right, and I certainly wouldn't criticize anyone else's beliefs." In a interview with amazon.com, Moby said, "I can't really know anything. Having said that, though, on a very subjective level I love Christ. I perceive Christ to be God, but I predicate that with the knowledge that I'm small and not nearly as old as the universe that I live in. I take my beliefs seriously for myself, but I would be very uncomfortable trying to tell anyone that I was right."

In a September 20, 2006 audio interview with Sojourners magazine, he says, "I read the New Testament, specifically the gospels and I was struck at their divinity, feeling that humans could not have figured this out on their own. We're just not bright enough." He also discusses his faith on his own weblog. On January 19, 2007, in his reaction to seeing Alexandra Pelosi's , a film about evangelism in the United States, Moby writes, "The movie reminded me just how utterly disconnected the agenda of the evangelical Christian right is from the teachings of Christ."

In March 2008, after Gary Gygax's death, Moby was one of several celebrities stating they had been Dungeons & Dragons players.

In March 2010, Moby made his debut as an author when , a collection of essays from people in the food industry, was published.

Charity

Moby is an advocate for a variety of causes, working with MoveOn and The Humane Society, among others. His MobyGratis.com website, which licenses film music for free for non-profit and independent films, funnels proceeds a nonprofit that implements injury prevention programs in Africa.

Moby is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing scientific inquiry on music and the brain and to developing clinical treatments to benefit people of all ages. He has also performed on various benefit concerts to help increase awareness for music therapy and raise funds for the Institute. In 2004, he was honored with the IMNF’s 'Music Has Power Award' for his advocacy of music therapy and for his dedication and support to its recording studio program.

He is an advocate of network neutrality and he testified before United States House of Representatives committee debating the issue in 2006.

In 2008 he participated in a music album called Songs for Tibet, to support Tibet and the current Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso.

In 2009 after hearing about California cutting its funding to domestic violence programs, Moby decided to donate the fees from his tour shows in L.A. and San Francisco to the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence.

Essays

Many Moby albums include essays that he has written himself in the inlay card. Everything Is Wrong had essays on over-consumption ("We use toxic chlorine bleach to keep our underpants white") and U.S. religious leaders ("Why doesn't the Christian right go out and spread mercy, compassion and selflessness?"), and The End of Everything discussed being a vegan ("Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?").

He was interviewed by Lucy Walker for a chapter in Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (The MIT Press, 2008) edited by Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky.

Discography

Studio albums

Moby (1992)

Early Underground (1993)

Ambient (1993)

Everything Is Wrong (1995)

(1995)

The End Of Everything (1996)

Animal Rights (1996)

I Like To Score (1997)

Play (1999)

18 (2002)

Hotel (2005)

Last Night (2008)

Wait for Me (2009)

Wait for Me *Limited Edition (Ambient)* (2009)

Videography

(2001)

18 B Sides + DVD (2003)

The Hotel Tour 2005 (2006)

Go: The Very Best of Moby (2006)

Awards

{| class=wikitable ! Year !! Awards !! Category !! Work !! Result |- | rowspan=8 | 2000 | VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards | Visionary Video | | |- | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Male Video | | |- | rowspan=2 | Grammy Awards | Best Alternative Music Performance | Play | |- | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Bodyrock | |- | rowspan=3 | MTV Europe Music | Best Video | Natural Blues | |- | Best Album | Play | |- | Best Dance | | |- | BRIT Awards | Best International Male | | |- | rowspan=8 | 2001 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Male Video | | |- | Grammy Awards | Best Dance Recording | Natural Blues | |- | NRJ Music Awards | International Male Artist of the Year | | |- | IFPI Platinum Europe Awards | Album Title | Play | |- | NME Awards | Best Live | | |- | rowspan=3 | My VH1 Music Awards | Best male | | |- | Favorite Video |South Side | |- | Best Collaboration |South Side | |- | rowspan=10 | 2002 | Q Awards | Best Producer | | |- | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Cinematography | | |- | IFPI Platinum Europe Awards | Album Title | Play | |- | BMI Pop Songs Awards | Pop Songs | South Side | |- | BMI Film & TV Awards | Certificate of Achievement | | |- | Grammy Awards | Best Music Video, Long Form | Play | |- | rowspan=2 | MTV Europe Music | Web Awards | | |- | Best Dance | | |- | rowspan=2 | Billboard Music Awards | Electronic Artist of the Year | | |- | Electronic Album of the Year | 18 | |- | rowspan=6 | 2003 | Grammy Awards | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | 18 | |- | MTV Europe Music | Best Dance | | |- | MTV Video Music Japan Music | Best Dance Video | | |- | IFPI Platinum Europe Awards | Album Title | 18 | |- | BRIT Awards | Best International Male | | |- | MTV Asia Awards | Best Male | | |- | 2005 | MTV Europe Music | Best Male | | |- | 2006 | ECHO Awards | International Pop/Rock Male Artist of the Year | | |- | 2009 | Grammy Awards | Best Electronic/Dance Album | Last Night | |}

Biographies

References

External links

The official Moby site/ Moby's journal

Moby interview at Bluefat.com

Moby at Anthem magazine

Moby at Mixaloo.com

Moby discography at Discogs

Moby page at Mute Records web site

Listings of all Moby albums and music sampler

Interview with Moby at musicOMH.com

Moby at SuicideGirls.com

Interview with Moby

Moby interview with getcloser.com

Moby discusses Southland Tales

Moby on his eight favorite songs by other artists

Moby interivew at Clubplanet

Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:Ambient musicians Category:American activists Category:American Christians Category:American bloggers Category:American businesspeople Category:American techno musicians Category:American dance musicians Category:American electronic musicians Category:American house musicians Category:American vegans Category:American libertarians Category:Electronica musicians Category:Musicians from New York Category:People from Manhattan Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni Category:V2 Records artists Category:Mute Records artists

Name	Freeform Five
Background	group_or_band
Origin	London, England
Genre	Electro, house
Years active	1997–present
Label	Perspex Recordings
Url	www.freeformfive.co.uk

Freeform Five is London based DJ, producer, songwriter Anu Pillai. It was his remix of Isolee’s “Beau Mot Plage” in 1999 that alerted many to this production outfit, where it featured 11 musicians, mostly old friends and associates.

The Freeform Five DJ mix albums Bisous Bisous II and Misch Masch was released in 2005 and 2006. Over the years, Anu has remixed tracks for artist such as N*E*R*D, Brian Wilson, X-Press 2 and David Byrne, Jamie Lidell, Justin Timberlake, Felix Da Housecat and The Killers. He also had a hand in helping re-work “Muscle Cars” by Mylo into a hit. Freeform Five continue with dj gigs at clubs like Fabric(London), Manumission(Ibiza), Week End(Berlin), Razz(Barcelona), Paris Paris(Paris), Lux(Lisbon) and tours in Australia, Scandinavia, North America, Mexico, Brazil and Japan.

The 2004 studio album “Strangest Things” is an inspired mix of Prince, Blondie and Kraftwerk (thrown into the acid house blender) with a series of vinyl-only releases including "Perspex Sex", "Electromagnetic" and "Eeeeaaooww". The popular single No More Conversations was re-released in 2007 with new the Mylo remix. A new studio album is expected for release in 2009 with vocalist Tamara Barnett-Herrin and other guest singers.

In addition to his own work, Anu writes and produces with other artists such as Mylo, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Richard X, Paul Epworth, The Glimmers, and Shinichi Osawa. He also puts out tracks by other artists on his own record label Perspex Recordings.

Discography

Albums

Misch Masch DJ Mix Album - 2005 Fine

Strangest Things Studio Album - 2005 Fine/Perspex Recordings

Bisous Bisous DJ Mix Album - 2006 Perspex Recordings

Singles

"Cocoa Star" (1998)

"Hustling" (1998)

"Break Me" (2000)

"Perspex Sex" (2001)

"Electromagnetic'' (2003)

"Eeeeaaooww" (2004)

"No More Conversations" (2005)

"Muscle Car" (Mylo feat. Freeform Five)(2006) #38 UK

"No More Conversations" (reissue) (2007)

Freeform Reform Remixes

Ayumi hamasaki 'alterna'

Legowelt 'Disco Rout'

Snow Patrol 'Set Fire to The Third Bar'

Wahoo 'Damn'

Revl9n 'Someone Like You'

Killers 'When You Were Young'

Justin Timberlake 'SexyBack'

The Delays 'Valentine'

Jamie Lidell 'When I Come Back Around'

Lindstrom 'I Feel Space'

Gabriel Ananda 'Ihre Personliche Glucksmelodie'

Alice Smith 'Love Endeavour'

Pink 'Stupid Girl'

Soul Mekanik 'Never Touch That Switch'

Mylo 'Muscle Car'

Alter Ego 'Beat the Bush'

Elton John 'Are You Ready For Love'

Arsenal 'Switch'

Funk Lowlives 'Time Traveller Man'

Futureheads 'Decent Days and Nights'

Brian Wilson 'Our Prayer'

Felix Da Housecat 'Rocket Ride'

NERD 'Lapdance'

Truby Trio 'Hi Jazz'

Will Young 'Switch It On'

Llorca 'Indigo Blues'

J Majik 'Love Is Not A Game'

Markus Nikolai 'Bushes'

X-press 2 feat. David Byrne 'Lazy'

Annie 'The Greatest Hit'

Isolee 'Brazil.com'

Cricco Castelli 'Streetlife'

Destiny's Child 'Bootylicious'

Tim Hutton 'Colours'

Nitin Sawhney 'Homelands'

Isolee 'Beau Mot Plage'

Freeform Five Videos

Strangest Things - 2004

No More Conversations - 2007

References

External links

Freeform Five — official website.

Freeform Five discography at Discogs.

Freeform Five page on MySpace.

Category:English electronic musicians Category:English dance music groups Category:British house music groups Category:British electronic music groups Category:Remixers

Name	Bob Sinclar
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Christophe Le Friant
Alias	The Mighty Bop, Reminiscence Quartet, Yellow Productions
Born	May 10, 1969
Origin	Douarnenez, France
Instrument	Turntables
Genre	French house
Occupation	Producer, DJ
Years active	1986–present
Label	Yellow ProductionsMinistry of Sound Australia
Associated acts	Africanism All Stars
Url	www.bobsinclar.com

Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1969 in Douarnenez, France) is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.

Career history

Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 17 years old, specialising in funk and hip-hop music, named "Chris The French Kiss". His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape.

Le Friant is known for popularising the "French touch" of house music with heavy use of sampled and filtered disco strings. His track "I Feel For You", a tribute to French musician Cerrone, from his second album Champs Elysées, hit #9 in the UK Top 40. On track "Darlin'", he worked with vocalist James "D-Train" Williams.

Le Friant has also worked under other pseudonyms. Under the aliases The Mighty Bop and Reminiscence Quartet, he has dabbled in hip-hop and acid jazz. He also created the Africanism project, where an ensemble of artists produce house music with a combination of Latin, jazz, African and tribal flavours.

In 2005, he scored a worldwide hit with the single "Love Generation", that reached #1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Mexico. The song was a huge success throughout Europe, peaking #2 in Netherlands and it stayed 39 weeks in the Belgian Ultratop Singles chart. It made the top fifteen in several other countries such as Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

It became one of the official anthems for the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. The follow-up hit was "World, Hold On", that features Steve Edwards and also managed to chart in the top ten in most of European countries. "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" followed on 22 August 2006. The remix of "World, Hold on" by E-Smoove was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 in the category of Remixed Recording. Also, "World, Hold On" topped in Billboard's as Number One Hot Dance Club Play Single of 2006, beating Madonna and Christina Aguilera. The fourth single of the album Western Dream, called "Tennessee" was supposed to be released in April 2007, but has been cancelled due to the rumour of a new album being released.

On May 21 2007, he released the Soundz of Freedom album. The remix of "Rock This Party" reached number 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. His latest album, Born in 69, was released on 7 May 2009. The first single of the album is Lala Song.

In 2010, Bob Sinclar released Made In Jamaïca. The album contains two additional new songs "I Wanna" featuring Shaggy and "Rainbow of Love", and also features his best greatest hits such as "Love Generation", "Give A Lil' Love" among others but in a reggae musical style. The album is nominated for "Best Reggae Album" for the 53rd Grammy Awards. This is Bob Sinclar's second Grammy nomination.

Trivia

He chose his pseudo in tribute to Bob Saint-Clar, the hero of the film Le Magnifique, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. Dave Ellis AKA BiG D used to tan Love Generation every Saturday night at Kiss n Tell not forgetting Tongue n Groove.

Discography

Singles

; as The Mighty Bop

1994 "Les Jazz Electroniques EP"

1995 "Messe Pour Les Temps"

1996 "Ult Violett Sounds EP"

1998 "Feelin' Good"

2002 "I Go Crazy"

2003 "Lady", with Duncan Roy

; as Africanism

2000 "Bisou Sucré"

2000 "Do It", with Eddie Amador

2001 "Kazet"

2002 "Viel Ou La"

2004 "Amour Kéfé"

2004 "Kalimbo"

2004 "Steel Storm", with Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2005 "Summer Moon", with David Guetta

2006 "Hard", with The Hard Boys

2007 "Meu Carnaval", with Rolando Faria

; as Bob Sinclar : ''most tracks are co-produced by Cutee B

1996 "A Space Funk Project"

1996 "A Space Funk Project II"

1997 "Eu Só Quero um Xodó", with Salomé de Bahia

1998 "Gym Tonic", with Thomas Bangalter

1998 "My Only Love", with Lee Genesis #56 UK

1998 "Super Funky Brake's Vol. I"

1998 "The Ghetto"

1998 "Ultimate Funk"

2000 "I Feel For You", with Cerrone's Angels #9 UK, #33 ITA

2000 "Darlin'", with James "D. Train" Williams #46 UK

2000 "Greetings from Champs Elysées EP" #125 UK

2001 "Freedom", with Gene Van Buren #79 UK

2001 "Ich Rocke"

2001 "Save Our Soul"

2002 "The Beat Goes On", with Linda Lee Hopkins #33 UK

2003 "Kiss My Eyes", with Camille Lefort #67 UK, #22 US Hot Dance Club Play

2003 "Prego", with Eddie Amador

2003 "Slave Nation"

2004 "Sexy Dancer", with Cerrone's Angels

2004 "Wonderful World", with Ron Carroll

2004 "You Could Be My Lover", with Linda Lee Hopkins

2005 "Love Generation", with Gary Pine — #2 (NL), #3 FR, #3 ITA, #1 AUS, #1 GER, #12 UK, #8 RU, #1 CZ, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #11 US Hot Dance Airplay.

2006 "Generación del Amor" (Spanish Version) — #1 ESP

2006 "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)", with Steve Edwards — #5 (NL), #2 FR, #8 CZ #1 ESP, #19 AUS, #9 UK, #4 RU, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #10 US Hot Dance Airplay, #48 US Pop Airplay

2006 "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)", with Dollarman and Big Ali — #3 FR, #11 CZ, #3 UK, #7 AUS, #2 US Hot Dance Club Play

2007 "Tennessee", with Farell Lennon #21 ITA, #27 CZ

2007 "Everybody Movin'", with Ron Carroll — #3 GER, #1 ESP

2007 "Give a Lil' Love" — #10 ITA , #19 PL, #27 ESP

2007 "Sound of Freedom", with Gary Pine and Dollarman — #14 UK, #1 UK Indie, #24 CZ

2007 "What I Want", with Fireball #52 UK

2007 "Together", with Steve Edwards - #63 PL, #4 ROM

2008 Remix For Madonna and Justin Timberlake "4 Minutes" Space Funk Remix

2008 "W.W.W. (What a Wonderful World)", with Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll

2008 "New New New", with Cutee B, Dollarman & Big Ali

2009 "LaLa Song", with Wonder Mike & Master Gee from Sugarhill Gang - #6 ITA

2009 "Love You No More", with Shabba Ranks

2010 "I Wanna", with Shaggy & Sahara (Andrea and Costi Ionita)

2010 "Tik Tok (featuring Sean Paul)"

2010 "Sound of freedom (featuring Dollarman and Cutie B)

Hit singles

{|class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2"|Single !align="center" colspan="10"|Chart positions !align="center" rowspan="2"|Album |- !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|UK !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|MEX !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|SPA !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|FRA !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|ITA !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|AUS !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|GER !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|NL !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|BEL !align="center" valign="middle" width="40"|Europe |- |rowspan=1 align="center" valign="middle"|1999 |align="left" valign="middle"|"My Only Love" (featuring Lee Genesis) |align="center" valign="middle"|56 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|78 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" |Paradise |- |rowspan=1 align="center" valign="middle"|2000 |align="left" valign="middle"|"I Feel for You" |align="center" valign="middle"|9 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|44 |align="center" valign="middle"|33 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|94 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" rowspan=2|Champs Elysées |- |rowspan=1 align="center" valign="middle"|2001 |align="left" valign="middle"|"Darlin'" (featuring vs. Cutee B., James "D-Train" Williams) |align="center" valign="middle"|46 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|40 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |- |rowspan=2 align="center" valign="middle"|2003 |align="left" valign="middle"|"Kiss My Eyes" |align="center" valign="middle"|67 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|34 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|17 |align="center" valign="middle"|67 |align="center" rowspan=2|III |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"The Beat Goes On" |align="center" valign="middle"|33 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|22 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|25 |align="center" valign="middle"|32 |- |rowspan=1 align="center" valign="middle"|2005 |align="left" valign="middle"|"Love Generation" (featuring Gary Pine) |align="center" valign="middle"|12 |align="center" valign="middle"|2 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|3 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|2 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" rowspan=7|Western Dream |- |rowspan=3 align="center" valign="middle"|2006 |align="left" valign="middle"|"World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" (featuring Steve Edwards) |align="center" valign="middle"|9 |align="center" valign="middle"|2 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|2 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|19 |align="center" valign="middle"|19 |align="center" valign="middle"|5 |align="center" valign="middle"|3 |align="center" valign="middle"|4 |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Hard" (with The Hard Boys) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|27 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" (featuring Cutee B, Dollarman & Big Ali) |align="center" valign="middle"|3 |align="center" valign="middle"|3 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|3 |align="center" valign="middle"|11 |align="center" valign="middle"|6 |align="center" valign="middle"|18 |align="center" valign="middle"|9 |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|3 |- |rowspan=8 align="center" valign="middle"|2007 |align="left" valign="middle"|"Tennessee" (featuring Farrell Lennon) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|21 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|25 |align="center" valign="middle"|104 |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Everybody Movin'" (featuring Ron Carroll & Mz Toni) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Give a Lil' Love" (featuring Duane Harden & Gary Pine) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|2 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|18 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|86 |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Sound of Freedom" (featuring Cutee B., Gary Pine & Dollarman) |align="center" valign="middle"|9 |align="center" valign="middle"|4 |align="center" valign="middle"|3 |align="center" valign="middle"|6 |align="center" valign="middle"|29 |align="center" valign="middle"|22 |align="center" valign="middle"|44 |align="center" valign="middle"|11 |align="center" valign="middle"|9 |align="center" valign="middle"|20 |align="center"|Soundz of Freedom |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Meu Carnaval" (presents Africanism, featuring Rolando Faria) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|11 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="left"|non album single |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Together" (featuring Steve Edwards) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|4 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|7 |align="center" valign="middle"|21 |align="center" valign="middle"|90 |align="left"|Soundz of Freedom |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"The Rhythm of the Night" (vs Habakus Whistle, featuring Corona) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|13 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="left"|non album single |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"What I Want" (pres. Fireball) |align="center" valign="middle"|52 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|6 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|7 |align="center" valign="middle"|8 |align="center" valign="middle"|34 |align="left"|Soundz of Freedom |- |rowspan=1 align="center" valign="middle"|2008 |align="left" valign="middle"|"What A Wonderful World" (vs Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll) |align="center" valign="middle"|48 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|1 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|47 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|12 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" rowspan=3|Born in 69 |- |rowspan=2 align="center" valign="middle"|2009 |align="left" valign="middle"|"Lala Song" (with Wonder Mike & Master Gee from Sugarhill Gang) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|11 |align="center" valign="middle"|5 |align="center" valign="middle"|10 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|5 |align="center" valign="middle"|9 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Love You No More" (feat. Shabba Ranks) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |- |rowspan=2 align="center" valign="middle"|2010 |align="left" valign="middle"|"I Wanna" (feat. Shaggy and Sahara) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|87 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|24 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="left"|Made In Jamaïca |- |align="left" valign="middle"|"Tik Tok" feat. Sean Paul) |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="center" valign="middle"|50 |align="center" valign="middle"|18 |align="center" valign="middle"|- |align="left"| |- |}

Albums

; as Bob Sinclar

1998 Paradise

2000 Champs Elysées

2001 Cerrone by Bob Sinclar (Compilation of Cerrone remixes)

2003 III

2004 Enjoy

2005 In The House (Various Artists Mix CD)

2006 Western Dream

2007 Soundz of Freedom

2007 Bob Sinclar: Live At The Playboy Mansion

2008 ''Dancefloor FG Winter 2008 (Mixed by Bob Sinclar)

2008 DJ Bob Sinclar 08

2009 Born in 69

2010 Made In Jamaïca

; as The Mighty Bop (with Alain Ho)

1995 La Vague Sensorielle

1995 The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam & La Funk Mob, with DJ Cam and La Funk Mob

1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues

2000 Spin My Hits

2002 The Mighty Bop

; as Reminiscence Quartet (with Alain Ho and Sebastien Tellier)

1994 Ritmo Brasileiro

1995 Psycodelico

1999 More Psycodelico

; as Yellow Productions (with Alain Ho and Cutee B.)

1994 A Finest Fusion Of Black Tempo

; as Africanism (see all members on discogs.com)

2001 Africanism Allstars Vol. I, as Africanism

2004 Africanism Allstars Vol. II, as Africanism

2005 Africanism Allstars Vol. III, as Africanism

2006 Africanism Allstars Vol. IV, as Africanism

See also

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

External links

; Main sites

Bob Sinclar — official site

Bob Sinclar — Twitter official site

Bob Sinclar — MySpace official site

Bob Sinclar discography at Discogs

; Interviews & features

Interview with Bob Sinclar

Bob Sinclar on The Mag

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